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If you’ve been wanting a Nexus 6 but were put off by the $499 direct price, now’s your chance: Amazon has just dropped the price of the phone $150, to just $349 for 32GB and $399 for 64GB, putting it on an even keel with the $329 and $389 OnePlus 2 (which is difficult to get anyway). You can get one from Amazon in either midnight blue or cloud white. The price cut is ahead of Google’s widely expected announcement at the end of this month for new Nexus phones.

The Nexus 6 is a beautiful phone with fast performance, a gorgeous quad-HD 493ppi display, an excellent 13-megapixel rear camera, solid front-facing stereo speakers, a large 3,220mAh battery, and stock Android 5.1 Lollipop (which is always the biggest appeal for me with Nexus phones). Underneath the hood is a quad-core Snapdragon 805 with an Adreno 420 GPU and 3GB RAM. And with a 6-inch panel, it’s basically a stand-in for a tablet when you don’t have one around, while still being (just) small enough to function as your main phone.

Meanwhile, as we reported earlier in the week, it seems as if we may get two new Nexus phones at the end of the month instead of one. The rumored phones are a 5.2-inch model from LG with a 1080p display, a hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor, 3GB RAM, and a 2,700mAh battery. The larger handset is expected to be from Huawei and sport a 5.7-inch quad HD display, which puts it slightly smaller than the existing Nexus 6, as well as the notorious Snapdragon 810 — supposedly a finely tuned version (with help from Qualcomm) that lets it perform well without being subject to heat issues.

Both of the new phones should come with the long-awaited Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but an update for the Nexus 6 to that OS should also be imminent as well. If you buy a Nexus 6 now at Amazon’s discounted price, you’ll still get Android 6 at some point soon, but you won’t get the newer phone’s USB-C ports, fingerprint reader, and (possibly) improved cameras. If the rumors are correct, you will get a larger display than both of the newer phones, which counts for something.

Note that the phone still starts at $499 from Google’s store; you’ll need to buy it at Amazon to get the discount. It may still be worth waiting until September 29th to see what Google has in store, but there’s no guarantee this price cut from Amazon will last — or if the new phones will even be in stock and available to purchase yet once Google announces them (though chances are they will be).

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They eliminated one of the two “too’s” stopping me from buying the Nexus 6, but the other too is too much for me. I wish they’d release pricing on the upcoming Nexus phones.

Ivor O’Connor

I do not understand what you wrote. Could you elaborate?

BillBasham

The Nexus 6 was too big and too expensive for me. Now it is just too big.

I think what I was really saying is that I’m kind of stuck in solving a software development problem right now and I’m trying to distract my brain so it gives me a solution while I’m not looking.

Ivor O’Connor

lol. I usually try to solve my problems by yak shaving in a time bubble.

Anyways I’d like a 7″ Nexus phone. The 6″ is better than a 5″ but not big enough to stand in for a tablet. Nor is the Nexus 6 any faster than the Nexus 5. My personal usage makes me think the N6 is 50% slower than the N5. But impartial comparisons show them fairly neck-and-neck.

The price was the big issue for me. The larger screen with poorer performance just wasn’t worth it. Now with a lower price maybe I’ll get another N6. As it is I’ve been looking at the old Samsung S5 since it is waterproof, affordable, most readable outdoor screen, great battery life, extremely hackable, swappable batteries, and takes storage. So big screen N6 vs usable SS5…

jimv1983

A 7″ phone? Seriously? So you carry a backpack everywhere you go and have enormous hands?

Ivor O’Connor

No. And No. Seriously not all old dogs can’t learn new tricks. Given the right attitude and basic skills you can work it with one hand. Fits in all pockets too. Not sure if a 7″ will but I suspect it will.

jimv1983

There is a difference between fitting and fitting comfortably. Everything you do you feel a huge blocky lump in your pocket and trying to sit down? No way.

The only way I could use it with one hand is if I got bigger hands. The right attitude and “basic skills” doesn’t change the size of your hands. You either have huge hands and can reach your thumb to all areas of the screen or you can’t. I have average size hands for a 6 feet tall male and I can’t even use my Nexus 5 one handed.

Ivor O’Connor

You actually don’t feel it while standing up unless it’s in your shirt pocket. Sitting down though you might. Especially if it’s in your back pocket. However I often get in the car forgetting it is in my front pocket and then remove it when somebody calls. Maybe if I were fat I’d have issues.

As for huge hands. No, it all depends on how you cradle it. When relatively stationary let the edge rest where your fingers meet your palm. Then you can reach all points with your thumb. But if you aren’t coordinated you may still drop it. If you are active and moving about you must develop some skills to keep it secure with one hand as you press with your thumb. I do this with slight up and down tosses as needed to get my thumb to the appropriate spot. An easy skill to master if you are semi-coordinated.

Sam Beckwith

A 7″ phone will never be made. You literally need two hands to hold it up to your face to talk.

Ivor O’Connor

I will add this to my list of “never” quotes.

chris edmonds

I can’t remember who makes them ( huawei & BLU ?), but there are already a number of 7″ smartphones. Google it.

Christopher Carr

7″ phones have already been made.

Kattz

Huawei is making them. The guys over at XDA just love them. They have to be ordered from China (Merimobiles, Aliexpress)
They work in N. America if you can live with HSPA. They don’t have the correct LTE bands.

Stacey Bright

So for shits and giggles , I pulled out my son’s nexus 7 and put it in my pocket. That is essentially what you’re ask for. It kinda fits with a small corner hanging out, though I generally have all loose fitting pants. If you’re a skinny jeans kinda guy, or a lady, probably not so much.

Ivor O’Connor

I wonder if there are any stores that carry 7″ things. I like the idea of actually trying to stick one in my pants and shirt pocket.

The reason I got a Nexus 6 was for Stock Android and a larger screen/front facing speakers. Samsung handsets may great for the most part but I cannot stand their bloatware. You can’t get rid of or deactivate most of it. It is just a resource hogging mess.

Ivor O’Connor

I’m in the same boat as you. I’m hoping if I were to root a Samsung Galaxy S5 I’d be able to remove all the bloatware and make it like a Nexus device. I’m actually anxious about figuring out which one to buy since there are like 41 compared to just two Nexus 6s. And then to root. I’ll probably get lazy and go for a second N6 since the prices have dropped nicely.

Ivor O’Connor

Hmmm….

Wierd0n3

if they came out with a model that was smaller, microSD, NFC, and a good battery, I’m in. I have my SD card loaded with my music, ringtones, family pics, and whatnot, it’s so easy to just swap it out to my new phone.

jimv1983

Don’t get your hopes up about good battery. Almost all phones fail in this. If you are on Verizon then maybe the Droid Maxx 2(Moto X Play).

‘Tis Moi

Sony T2. I love mine!

jimv1983

I’m fed up with my Nexus 5’s battery life so I’m probably going to buy a new phone soon. No clue what to get. Thinking about the Moto X Play if I can find a way to get it in the USA where it is only going to be available as Droid Maxx 2 on Verizon.

That is unless the new Nexus 5 rumors about battery size end up not being true and it does end up getting a large battery. I’ll have to wait and see.

Kattz

The Play is only available from the carriers in Canada and it is locked. (I checked) Koodo is the cheapest at $410. Telus and Bell also sell it from $430 – $450. I don’t know if Koodo will sell it to you. I tried to buy a Nexus 5 outright from them awhile back and they wouldn’t sell it to me.

You’ll win on the exchange and lose on the unlocking and duty if you get nailed for it.

Depending on how far you have to drive, it could end up costing you as much as the Pure.

All of our carriers except for Wind are similar LTE bands as AT&T’s network. Wind uses T-Mobile as a US roaming partner so their phones will probably work on their network.

jimv1983

At this point it might be worth it to get a close to stock Android phone that actually has good battery life.

I’m really getting fed up with phone makers releasing phones with batteries that are way to small for the phones power requirements. It’s like putting a 10 gallon gas tank on a V8 truck.

strato man

Once you have used a pure android phone (Nexus) it is very very hard to go back to other Android phones. Even the supposedly “pure” android phones seem to take much longer to get Android updates than the Nexus phones do. I have been using Nexus phones and tablets for years now and everytime someone hands me an Android phone from Samsung or HTC I am appalled by the bloat and how old the Android version is.

I do see some Android phones that have some features that I might like (SD card or easily replaceable battery, or somewhat faster processor) but I just can’t deal with the slow updates and bloat.

some dude

It is other way around for me, while I miss the speed, bloated ROM often have feature that I really like. I don’t know if all those feature exist in current android or not, but when I switch from KitKat to Xiaomi ROM never once miss KitKat.

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